How are you coping? Are you coping? Am I coping? A few tips from my experiences over the last three years or so.
Thoughts about work
Currently looking for work, but here’s some thoughts related to things I’ve done at South Yorkshire PTE, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, and for Rail North. Plus, thoughts from my experiences on the job-hunting front.
Being Gary Taylor
A work tale from not-so long ago that has some, small connection to my latest work travails.
Harry Beck’s Underground Map
Is it still the ‘design classic’ it once was?
What lies beneath?
With the World Cup over, those below the top tier still need your help.
Hazel Taylor. Supermodel
Memories of a photography session I wasn’t actually at…
Interviews and Examinations
I’m honesty not very good at either, but they seem to be the way of the world.
Interviewers. Give me a clue
Reflecting on six months out of work (again).
‘Human’ Resources
There are times when following process and procedure during recruitment makes you forget about the person at the other end. Here’s a couple of examples.
Work versus fulfilment
I’d probably do much more if I didn’t have to work for a living…
Corporate memory
What happens to organisations when long-serving employees step down?
Twelve months (and one week) later…
A year of unemployment. How’s that working out now?
Inflexible travel for flexible workers
Why the travel industry hasn’t kept up with our working lives.
Would you like some feedback?
Well… no. Because it’s not me, it’s you.
Working smart versus working hard
It doesn’t always mean what you think it does.
The week that was
In the future we were supposed to have more free time. And yet…
The 30-Day Rule
How long should the recruitment process last?
Curriculum Vitae Markup Language
Something to take some of the effort out of applying for jobs.
Six months later…
I’ve been voluntarily redundant for half a year. How’s that going?
Station number three, open for business
The final rail station project I was working on before leaving WYCA is now open.
Recruitment: do as I advertise, not as I do
Communications professionals have to deliver on time. Other professionals… not so much, it seems.